UK's First Imagination Library Recipient Recalls Meeting Dolly Parton as a Newborn

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Emma Jarman, now 18, was just one day old when she met country music legend Dolly Parton at Rotherham Hospital in 2007. Parton was visiting the UK at the time to launch her Imagination Library, a childhood literacy programme. Emma holds the distinction of being the first UK recipient of the initiative. Nearly two decades later, she has opened up about the extraordinary encounter and the lasting influence Parton has had on her life.

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